Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4

Installation Guide

Installing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

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Abstract

A comprehensive guide to installing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.
Preface
1. Document Conventions
2. Getting Help and Giving Feedback
I. Introduction
1. Introduction
1.1. Workflow Progress - System Requirements
1.2. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Requirements
1.3. Hypervisor Requirements
1.4. User Authentication
1.5. Firewalls
1.6. System Accounts
II. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
2. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
2.1. Workflow Progress - Installing Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
2.2. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
2.3. Subscribing to the Required Channels
2.4. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
2.5. SPICE Client
3. The Self-Hosted Engine
3.1. About the Self-Hosted Engine
3.2. Limitations of the Self-Hosted Engine
3.3. Installing the Self-Hosted Engine
3.4. Configuring the Self-Hosted Engine
3.5. Installing Additional Hosts to a Self-Hosted Environment
3.6. Maintaining the Self-Hosted Engine
3.7. Upgrading the Self-Hosted Engine
3.8. Upgrading Additional Hosts in a Self-Hosted Environment
3.9. Backing up and Restoring a Self-Hosted Environment
3.10. Migrating to a Self-Hosted Environment
4. History and Reports
4.1. Workflow Progress - Data Collection Setup and Reports Installation
4.2. Data Collection Setup and Reports Installation Overview
4.3. Installing and Configuring the History Database and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Reports
5. Updating the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Environment
5.1. Upgrades between Minor Releases
5.2. Upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4
5.3. Upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.3
5.4. Upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.2
5.5. Upgrading to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager 3.1
5.6. Post-Upgrade Tasks
III. Installing Hosts
6. Introduction to Hosts
6.1. Workflow Progress - Installing Virtualization Hosts
6.2. Introduction to Virtualization Hosts
7. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor Hosts
7.1. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor Installation Overview
7.2. Installing the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor Disk Image
7.3. Preparing Installation Media
7.4. Installation
7.5. Configuration
7.6. Adding Hypervisors to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
7.7. Modifying the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Hypervisor ISO
8. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hosts
8.1. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hosts
8.2. Host Compatibility Matrix
IV. Basic Setup
9. Configuring Hosts
9.1. Installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9.2. Subscribing to Required Channels Using Subscription Manager
9.3. Subscribing to Required Channels Using RHN Classic
9.4. Configuring Virtualization Host Firewall
9.5. Configuring Virtualization Host sudo
9.6. Configuring Virtualization Host SSH
9.7. Adding a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Host
9.8. Explanation of Settings and Controls in the New Host and Edit Host Windows
10. Configuring Data Centers
10.1. Workflow Progress - Planning Your Data Center
10.2. Planning Your Data Center
10.3. Data Centers in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
10.4. Creating a New Data Center
10.5. Changing the Data Center Compatibility Version
11. Configuring Clusters
11.1. Clusters in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
11.2. Creating a New Cluster
11.3. Changing the Cluster Compatibility Version
12. Configuring Networking
12.1. Workflow Progress - Network Setup
12.2. Networking in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
12.3. Creating Logical Networks
12.4. Editing Logical Networks
12.5. External Provider Networks
12.6. Bonding
12.7. Removing Logical Networks
13. Configuring Storage
13.1. Workflow Progress - Storage Setup
13.2. Introduction to Storage in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
13.3. Preparing NFS Storage
13.4. Attaching NFS Storage
13.5. Preparing pNFS Storage
13.6. Attaching pNFS Storage
13.7. Adding iSCSI Storage
13.8. Adding FCP Storage
13.9. Preparing Local Storage
13.10. Adding Local Storage
13.11. POSIX Compliant File System Storage in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
13.12. Attaching POSIX Compliant File System Storage
13.13. Enabling Gluster Processes on Red Hat Storage Nodes
13.14. Populating the ISO Storage Domain
13.15. VirtIO and Guest Tool Image Files
13.16. Uploading the VirtIO and Guest Tool Image Files to an ISO Storage Domain
14. Configuring Logs
14.1. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Installation Log Files
14.2. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Log Files
14.3. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Host Log Files
14.4. Setting Up a Virtualization Host Logging Server
14.5. The Logging Screen
V. Advanced Setup
15. Proxies
15.1. SPICE Proxy
15.2. Squid Proxy
A. Revision History